G.Skill Trident X DDR3-2400 Memory Review - PAGE 7

HandBrake is an open-source application used to transcode media files to other formats. It is multi-threaded so it exploits the power of modern quad-cores really well.

HandBrake as a whole is more dependent on the CPU than the memory, so our results were not entirely surprising. Essentially any difference related to the memory is going to be marginal, and the reason we shaved a few seconds off the transcoding time at 2486MHz was due to the processor being overclocked as well.

Using WinRAR, I will compress our custom 100MB, 500MB and 1000MB files using the best compression setting in the ZIP format and time how long it takes to do so.

The Trident-X memory tied with the fastest kits in our testbed when it came to transferring files using WinRAR, but as the graphs clearly show, overclocking only marginally improved the transfer time. As was the case in the previous benchmark, the improved time was more due to the processor speed than the memory.

Comments

I remember when I was kinda new with computers (between 1 and 2 years ago) and I was building my desktop, I picked out some overpriced ram. I was too unfamiliar with ram to realize that 120$ for a 4gb 2333mhz kit was grossly overpriced. I don't think that Kingston even makes ram at that speed anymore. Funny because my motherboard only ran it at 1333mhz anyways. Since then, I sold the 4gb kit and purchased an 8gb gskill 1600mhz kit for under 50$. The problem with high speed ram is that it offers nothing in regards to performance to warrant the nearly doubled price.

It's a recommended product at twice the price of competing products? Surely the specs look nice on paper and the design might be something of interest to some but nowhere does the testing show that it's actually worth it for desktop users.

Also you keep referencing 1866mhz kits while there is not a single one in the tests.

And it would be nice except for the lack of CPUs can take full advantage of RAM running at 2400 speeds... only server CPUs do that. Most desktop CPUs don't take advantage of RAM that runs faster than 1600 natively. By the time CPUs come close to having native support for that, it's likely we'll see DDR4 hit the market.

Not to mention the price doesn't justify the increase in speed... better off getting some cheaper ram that has a lower speed but with alot tighter timings TBH

Back when G.Skill came out it was cheap and had excellent overclocking potential. But, every stick of it I bought died over the course of 2-3 years. I've strayed away from this brand since then. Just my experience. I realize that was just one of the many types of G.Skill, but that ruined my experience.